Coach Travel around Scotland from Edinburgh or Glasgow

Times and Tickets for Bus Routes in Scotland

Updated September 2011

How to get from and to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness and Dundee? When do the first and last buses leave? How much does the bus ticket cost? Where can you buy £1 Mega bus tickets and National Express funfare tickets in Scotland? Is there a night service? How long does it take? How much cheaper is going by bus compared to travelling by train? Answers to these questions and more for the routes below:

Tickets and times for Megabus/Scottish Citylink bus services between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.

Travel with Stagecoach Megabus buses

All of Scotland's major towns and cities are served by coaches, the majority of which are run by the Megabus.com / Stagecoach partnership. The joint venture operate an extensive network of long distance express bus services covering up to 20 routes within Scotland.

You can travel with Mega Bus UK to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee, Perth, Stirling and other Scottish towns and pay only a £1 bus fare (known as super single tickets). These tickets are only available online and must be booked in advance.

Coach Tickets and Timetables

You can buy Megabus coach tickets online or you can buy them from the bus stations in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness or Glasgow but you can only buy super single bus fares (very cheap tickets) online.

Tickets for bus services to Fort William, Oban or Skye are only available with Scottish Citylink.

You can buy National Express coach tickets online or you can buy them from the bus stations in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness or Glasgow but you can only buy funfare coach tickets (very cheap tickets) online.

Edinburgh Travel Essentials

Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Photo of an old car shop in Dean Village in Edinburgh New Town. Photo #G3386

Picture of the iconic Balmoral Hotel at the east End of Princes Street, taken from above Princes Mall. Photo #3800

Photo from Calton Hill of Edinburgh City Centre attractions in late evening light. Photo #G3903

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.